Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (March 2017)
Two firms in Newmarket, Ontario were fined on February 03, 2017, over unrelated workplace incidents, the provincial labour ministry says.
Blog Post #1576 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Metal Manufacturing Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Performance Finishing & Fabrication Inc. failed to ensure that a metal beam was secured and would not fall while being transported on a forklift, as required by 45(b)(i) of Regulation 851, a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1574 – Recommendations on Standards Released in Alberta
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine – March 2017
Report by Jean Liam
A working group tasked to review employment and labour standards for Alberta agriculture sector has recommended that farm workers should not get overtime pay and that family members who work on farms should be exempted from all employment and labour standards.
Blog Post #1573 – Workplace Fatality Results in $120,000 Fine for Richmond Hill Equipment Rental and Earthworks Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by TMI Contracting and Equipment Rental Ltd. of Richmond Hill, Ontario, was fatally struck by a dump truck at a landfill site. The employer failed to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for a signaller were carried out, as outlined in 106(3) of Regulation 213/91 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.